I was the most die hard tribe fan back in the 90's when Jim Thome, David Justice, Omar Visquel, Kenny Lofton, Manny Ramirez and those guys were all together... Now baseball just kind of sucks for me. It's like any time we can get someone decent a team like the faggot Yankees can buy off anyone decent we get because they have more money and can pay them more... Baseball needs a salary cap or something to fix the ********.

They actually just came out of a 6 game winning streak, and I know they've been poor lately, but never 12 in a row. They lost 5 then won 6. I do agree though, I wish the Yankees could give him a proper farewell season. Hopefully, they can make a strong post all-star break run once A-Rod, Jeter, and the rest of them come back.

Say what you will about A-Rod, the Yankee's are lost at 3rd and could still use more depth in the line-up. No doubt he is on a decline and is nowhere near worth the 27.5 million dollars he is being paid, but he still has the ability to hit .275-.280 and slug 25+ homers as long as he stays healthy.

Think about it. Over the last 2 years, he has homered roughly once every 24.56 AB. If he gets 600 AB a year, that factors to about 24.5 HR a year. Take into account that he's played through injuries lately. If his hip and knee can stay in good shape, I don't think 25 is out of the question.

I keep track of a decent amount of stats, but I did research during our conversation just to get the exact numbers. You too have won my respect. I love talking baseball with people and you seem to have some very good views of your own. Happy to know I'm not the only FJer who follows baseball